source: general/genlib/libdrm.xml@ e520239f

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libdrm-download-http "http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/libdrm-&libdrm-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY libdrm-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libdrm-md5sum        "a6e2e26951bcc920b2049b65e86a659f">
  <!ENTITY libdrm-size          "492 KB">
  <!ENTITY libdrm-buildsize     "11 MB">
  <!ENTITY libdrm-time          "0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libdrm" xreflabel="libdrm-&libdrm-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libdrm.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libdrm-&libdrm-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libdrm">
    <primary sortas="a-libdrm">libdrm</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libdrm</title>

    <para>
      <application>libdrm</application> provides core library routines
      for the X Window System to directly interface with video hardware using
      the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM).
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libdrm-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libdrm-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libdrm-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libdrm-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libdrm-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libdrm-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libdrm Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
      <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> and
      <xref linkend="libxslt"/> (to build manual pages) and
      <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libdrm"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libdrm</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>libdrm</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -e "/pthread-stubs/d" -i configure.ac &amp;&amp;
autoreconf -fi &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-udev &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To check the results, issue <command>make check</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed -e "/pthread-stubs/d" -i configure.ac</command>:
      This sed removes dependency on libpthread-stubs package
      which is useless on Linux.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-omap-experimental-api</option>: This option
      enables use of OMAP's experimental kernel API. OMAP is a series
      of system-on-chips (SoCs) developed by Texas Instruments.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-exynos-experimental-api</option>: This option
      enables use of Exynos experimental kernel API. Exynos is a
      series  of system-on-chips (SoCs) developed by Samsung.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libdrm.so, libdrm_exynos.so, libdrm_intel.so,
          libdrm_nouveau.so, libdrm_omap.so,
          libdrm_radeon.so and libkms.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/exynos,
          /usr/include/libdrm,
          /usr/include/libkms and
          /usr/include/omap
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libdrm-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdrm.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the Direct Rendering Manager API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libdrm libdrm-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libdrm">libdrm.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libdrm_exynos">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdrm_exynos.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the Samsung Exynos specific Direct Rendering
            Manager functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libdrm libdrm_exynos">
            <primary sortas="c-libdrm_exynos">libdrm_exynos.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libdrm_intel">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdrm_intel.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the Intel specific Direct Rendering Manager
            functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libdrm libdrm_intel">
            <primary sortas="c-libdrm_intel">libdrm_intel.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libdrm_nouveau">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdrm_nouveau.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the open source nVidia (Nouveau) specific Direct
            Rendering Manager functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libdrm libdrm_nouveau">
            <primary sortas="c-libdrm_nouveau">libdrm_nouveau.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libdrm_omap">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdrm_omap.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the TI Omap specific Direct Rendering Manager
            functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libdrm libdrm_omap">
            <primary sortas="c-libdrm_omap">libdrm_omap.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libdrm_radeon">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdrm_radeon.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the AMD Radeon specific Direct Rendering Manager
            functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libdrm libdrm_radeon">
            <primary sortas="c-libdrm_radeon">libdrm_radeon.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libkms">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libkms.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains API functions necessary for kernel modesetting.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libdrm libkms">
            <primary sortas="c-libkms">libkms.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>